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Training and qualifications
Information on training and qualifications in the region.
Qualifications:
SkillsActive works together with partner organisations and technical experts to develop a framework of qualifications and training which meet the needs of the sector. More information here on the qualifications currently available for the sector, from the traditional S/NVQs to foundation degrees and the new specialised diplomas.
This document gives a variety of job roles and qualifications that can be achieved in the Playwork Sector
Training Providers:
The Code of Practice for Playwork Training Providers is a guarantee that a training provider offers high quality playwork training.
This guidance booklet is for playwork training providers and employers who submit their courses for SkillsActive endorsement against nationally agreed criteria.
SkillsActive has received government endorsement to proceed to the next stage in developing a National Skills Academy for sport and active leisure. SkillsActive aims to establish the National Skills Academy for sport and active leisure as a network of centres of excellence for work-based learning.
Training Opportunities:
Training the Playwork Trainer -- October 2008 to February 2009 (London)
City and Guilds 7303 Award in Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector
Are you an experienced playworker or play development worker who currently delivers training to playworkers but does not have a training qualification? If so, this course has been set up to provide playworkers with an intensive training programme that is relatively quick and accessible. On completion, you will gain a nationaly recognised training certificate which meets the requirements of the SkillsActive Code of Practice and the Register of Trainers. More information here.
Children’s Privacy and Play
Playwork Professional Development Seminar
Thursday 23rd October, 2008
10am – 12.45pm at the Islington Training Network
This seminar draws upon dissertation fieldwork and research examining the importance of opportunities for privacy in play provision. The project investigates what the functions and processes of private play might be, and the place of "secret places" in the "being" and "becoming" of childhood. Asserting the child's right to privacy is essential in enabling children to become the agents of their own play experiences, and to practice techniques of being alone and being alone with others. However this right is often eroded, as private play can take us to the heart of adult concerns of sex and violence. As such, the questions of how and why to provide opportunities for privacy form an essential part of the play discourse. More information here.
